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STATUS OF THE LEOPARD
HistoricAL DISTRIBUTION of Leopard Subspecies
remaining habitat per subspecies
p.p. pardus
p.p. nimr
p.p. saxicolor
p.p. japonensis
p.p. orientalis
p.p. delacouri
p.p. melas
p.p. kotiya
p.p. fusca
African LeopardThe most widespread subspecies, P.p. pardus was found throughout Africa
Sri Lankan LeopardP. p. kotiya is a subspecies that can only be found on the island of Sri Lanka
Arabian LeopardThe smallest of the subspecies, P. p. nimr was only found on the Arabian peninsula
Indian LeopardP. p. fusca was found across the Indian subcontinent
Persian LeopardFound across the Caucasus and southwest Asia, P. p. saxicolor is the largest of the 9 subspecies
Amur LeopardHistorically found through the Chinese and Russian Far East and the Korean peninsula, P. p. orientalis is the most critically endangered subspecies
Chinese LeopardP. p. japonensis was once widely found throughout central and northern China
Indochinese LeopardP.p. delacouri was widespread throughout Southeast Asia
Javan LeopardRestricted to the island of Java, Indonesia, P. p. melas is one of two island subspecies
WORLDWIDE, THE LEOPARD (PANTHERA PARDUS) HAS LOST UP TO 75% OF ITS HISTORICAL HABITAT
33% 2% 28% 16% 37% 2% 2% 4% 16%P.P. PARDUS P.P. NIMR P.P. FUSCA P.P. SAXICOLOR P.P. KOTIYA P.P. ORIENTALIS P.P. JAPONENSIS P.P. DELACOURI P.P. MELAS
Current habitat: 6 subspecies account for just 3%
97%3%
>80%
<10%RESEARCH
some of The most endangered subspecies receive the least amount of attention
RESEARCH ATTENTION
Leopard (Panthera pardus) status, distribution, and the research efforts across its range by Jacobson et al., 2016 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1974 TERRA
COMMUN CATIONSwww.terracommunications.org
of studies focus on the 3 subspecies that make up 97% of the current leopard range
of studies focus on the 3 subspecies that have each lost up to 98% of their distribution